Georgia Code — 36
Browse 996 sections in division 36 of the Georgia code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 36-1-1. Names of counties.
- § 36-1-2. Extent of jurisdiction of counties divided by water.
- § 36-1-3. County a body corporate; power to sue and be sued generally.
- § 36-1-4. When county liable to be sued.
- § 36-1-5. Service upon county.
- § 36-1-6. Publication of annual financial statement; contents.
- § 36-1-7. Submission to grand jury of sworn returns of receipts and disbursements; approval or disapproval; appearance to explain errors; failure to make return.
- § 36-1-8. Investment of certain tax proceeds in authorized bonds; registration of bonds.
- § 36-1-9. Payment into county treasury.
- § 36-1-10. Employment of accountant to examine books.
- § 36-1-11. Additional temporary personnel and equipment for assistance of county officers or departments.
- § 36-1-11. 1. Expenditure of funds for insurance and employment benefits.
- § 36-1-12. Courthouse to remain open during normal working hours.
- § 36-1-13. Speculation in county orders by county officer.
- § 36-1-14. Interested transactions prohibited; removal from office for violation.
- § 36-1-15. Prohibition, regulation, and taxation of fortunetelling and similar practices.
- § 36-1-16. Garbage, trash, waste, or refuse not to be transported across state or county boundaries for dumping without permission; exemption.
- § 36-1-17. Authority of county employees to issue citations for violation of ordinances and regulations in counties having population of 550,000 or more; jurisdiction; effect of failure to respond.
- § 36-1-18. Authority of counties having population of 550,000 or more to assess against cost of repairing streets as necessitated by private construction activity; liens.
- § 36-1-19. Appropriation for charitable grants or contributions in counties having population greater than 550,000; establishment of boards or councils to devise procedures and advise governing authority.
- § 36-1-19. 1. Appropriations for charitable grants or contributions in counties having population of 400,000 or more; boards or councils to establish procedures and advise governing authorities.
- § 36-1-20. Ordinances for governing and policing of unincorporated areas of county.
- § 36-1-21. Civil service system for county employees.
- § 36-1-22. Business and occupational license taxes and fees.
- § 36-1-23. Purchase from county of materials used in the construction of water systems, sewer systems, storm and drainage systems, buildings, or other facilities.
- § 36-1-24. Training classes for clerks of governing authority of county.
- § 36-1-25. Official minutes of meetings.
- § 36-1-26. Contracts for utility services; terms and conditions.
- § 36-1-27. Referendum approval required prior to expenditure of public funds for establishment of fixed guideway transit; definitions; submission of the question to qualified voters; ballot language.
- § 36-2-1. Division of county into militia districts.
- § 36-2-2. Minimum requirements for districts.
- § 36-2-3. Appointment of commissioners to change districts; employment and compensation of surveyor; approval of commissioners' report by judge of probate court.
- § 36-2-4. Transmittal of proceedings changing districts to Governor; publication.
- § 36-3-1. Filing and contents of petition for change of boundary line; publication of notice.
- § 36-3-2. Proceedings before grand juries; action by county governing authorities upon approval of change by grand juries; publication of notice of approval by judges of probate courts.
- § 36-3-3. When new boundary lines deemed established.
- § 36-3-4. Payment of costs of proceedings.
- § 36-3-5. Filing of survey, plat, and resolution relating to change of boundary with Secretary of State; disposition thereof; recordation of certified copy by clerks of superior courts.
- § 36-3-20. Presentment of boundary dispute by grand jury; certification to Governor; appointment of surveyor to define line; return of survey and plat to Secretary of State.
- § 36-3-21. Service of notice of survey upon county authorities.
- § 36-3-21. 1. Counties' agreement to boundary lines; filing of resolutions.
- § 36-3-22. Copy of survey and plat furnished to county authorities.
- § 36-3-23. Filing of survey and plat with Secretary of State; time for protest or exceptions thereto.
- § 36-3-24. Notice and hearing of protest or exceptions by Secretary of State.
- § 36-3-25. Recordation of survey and plat; conclusive effect; subsequent changes of boundary line.
- § 36-3-26. Compensation of land surveyor; notification of county authorities of fee; advisory committee.
- § 36-3-27. Payment by county authorities of compensation; tax levy.
- § 36-4-1. Petition for removal or change of county site; order of election; notice of election; qualifications of voters; frequency of elections.
- § 36-4-2. Conduct of election generally; returns.
- § 36-4-3. Form and marking of ballots; number of votes required to authorize removal.
- § 36-4-4. Certificate of Secretary of State as evidence of election and number of votes.
- § 36-4-5. Where courts to be held after removal; validity of proceedings.
- § 36-4-6. Where offices to be kept after removal.
- § 36-5-1.
- § 36-5-20. Official names of county governing authorities.
- § 36-5-21. Vacancy in office of county commissioner or other governing authority.
- § 36-5-22. County manager authorized.
- § 36-5-22. 1. Powers and duties; delegation.
- § 36-5-23. Salary of county commissioner in counties having population of not less than 56,400 or more than 60,000.
- § 36-5-24. Definitions; compensation of members of county governing authorities.
- § 36-5-25. Salary of county commissioner in county administered by single commissioner.
- § 36-5-26. Authorization for service of process.
- § 36-5-27. Compensation supplement with designation as a certified county commissioner.
- § 36-5-28. Members of county governing authority to receive compensation increase when classified service employees receive increase; calculation; effective date.
- § 36-5-29. Pay increases for certain members of county governing authorities.
- § 36-6-1. Qualifications for office; election; commission; term; abolishment and fixing compensation of office by General Assembly.
- § 36-6-2. Requirement of bond and oath.
- § 36-6-3. Form of oath.
- § 36-6-4. When bond to be given; form and amount.
- § 36-6-5. Filing and recordation of oath and bond.
- § 36-6-6. Recordation of bond to bind third parties; effect of recordation after 30 days.
- § 36-6-7. Effect of Code Sections 36-6-5 and 36-6-6 on lien of bond.
- § 36-6-8. Time at which lien of bond arises.
- § 36-6-9. Governor's directions relating to bond; payment of costs of transmitting and recording bond.
- § 36-6-10. Location of office.
- § 36-6-11. Books and stationery furnished by county.
- § 36-6-12. Compensation and fees.
- § 36-6-13. Receipt of commission or fees in connection with certain road contracts; collection and disbursement of road contract funds.
- § 36-6-14. Duties generally.
- § 36-6-15. Collection and disbursal of funds generally.
- § 36-6-16. Deposits of county funds in designated depositories.
- § 36-6-16. 1. Deposit of funds held for benefit of third persons by officer of county or court in treasury of counties having population of 600,000 or more.
- § 36-6-17. Furnishing of bonds by depositories selected by treasurer.
- § 36-6-18. Arrangements for payment of interest on deposits; disposition of interest payments.
- § 36-6-19. Disposition of books of treasurer when full.
- § 36-6-20. Delivery of money, books, papers, and property to successor.
- § 36-6-21. Final settlement of accounts.
- § 36-6-22. Requirement of accountings by treasurer.
- § 36-6-23. Proceedings upon failure of treasurer to render accounting.
- § 36-6-24. Removal of treasurer.
- § 36-6-25. Filling of vacancies.
- § 36-6-26. Bonds of persons appointed to fill vacancies.
- § 36-6-27. Execution against county treasurer for failure to pay over money.
- § 36-6-28. Purchase of county orders at less than full value or refusal to pay order.
- § 36-7-1. Requirement of county surveyor for each county; appointment of assistants or deputies.
- § 36-7-2. Election, commissioning, qualification, and removal of county surveyor; qualifications.
- § 36-7-2. 1. Abolishing elected office and authorizing appointment; qualifications of appointed surveyor.
- § 36-7-3. Procedure when election fails to fill office; procedure in event of vacancy.
- § 36-7-4. Commissioning of surveyor.
- § 36-7-5. Oath of office; bond and security.
- § 36-7-6. Oath of assistant; entry of appointment of assistant on minutes of probate court.
- § 36-7-7. Place of office.
- § 36-7-8. Duties of surveyor generally.
- § 36-7-9. Establishment of fees.
- § 36-7-10. Payment of fees generally.
- § 36-7-11. Issuance of execution for fees.
- § 36-7-12. Surveys or plats deemed presumptive evidence of facts.
- § 36-7-13. Persons who may perform duties of office when there is no county surveyor; oath; liability.
- § 36-7-14. Appointment of disinterested surveyor; oath.
- § 36-7-15. Removal of surveyor from office.
- § 36-7-16. Penalty for making false survey.
- § 36-8-1. Election or appointment of county police; qualifications.
- § 36-8-2. Terms of office; removal; authority to abolish county police force.
- § 36-8-3. Bonds and actions thereon.
- § 36-8-4. Establishment of salaries; payment; tax levy.
- § 36-8-5. Powers of county police generally.
- § 36-8-6. Abolishment of county police departments.
- § 36-8-7. Rules and regulations for conduct, management, and control of county police.
- § 36-9-1. Vesting in county of title under conveyances for use of county.
- § 36-9-2. Control and disposal of county property generally.
- § 36-9-2. 1. Demolition of certain county courthouses.
- § 36-9-3. Sale or disposition of county real property generally; right of certain counties to make private sale; right of county to negotiate and consummate private sales of recreational set-asides.
- § 36-9-4. Maintenance of insurance on books of laws and court reports.
- § 36-9-5. Erection, repair, and furnishing of county buildings; storage of county documents.
- § 36-9-6. Courthouse rooms to be used by county officers.
- § 36-9-7. Furnishing of supplies for county offices.
- § 36-9-8. Protection of county property by sheriff.
- § 36-9-9. Construction of county jails.
- § 36-9-10. Inspection of county buildings, property, and records by grand jury.
- § 36-9-11. Destruction or damaging of any county building or its appurtenances or furniture.
- § 36-10-1. Contracts to be in writing and entered on minutes.
- § 36-10-2. Letting of contracts for public works.
- § 36-10-2. 1. Letting by counties with population of 800,000 or more.
- § 36-10-2. 2. Letting by certain counties with population of more than 150,000.
- § 36-11-1. Time for presentation of claims.
- § 36-11-2. Audit and registration of claims against county; issuance of order on treasurer for claim; specification of fund on which order drawn.
- § 36-11-3. When orders to be paid; registration of orders issued.
- § 36-11-4. Order in which county debts paid.
- § 36-11-5. Interest on orders presented and not paid.
- § 36-11-6. Negotiability of county orders.
- § 36-11-7. Satisfaction of judgment against county.
- § 36-12-1. General supervision of paupers.
- § 36-12-2. Eligibility for benefits.
- § 36-12-3. Duty of relatives to support paupers generally; right of county to recover from relatives for provisions furnished.
- § 36-12-4. Liability of person sending pauper to county for support purposes.
- § 36-12-5. Interment or cremation of deceased indigents.
- § 36-13-1. Creation, adoption, amendment, and repeal of codes.
- § 36-13-2. Matters which may be covered by county codes.
- § 36-13-3. Adoption of codes by reference to national or regional codes.
- § 36-13-4. Contracts with other political subdivisions to issue building permits and enforce codes.
- § 36-13-5. Appointment of inspectors and assistants.
- § 36-13-5. 1. Issuance of citations for violation in certain counties; jurisdiction; warrant for arrest for failure to appear in response to citation.
- § 36-13-6. Promulgation of rules and regulations concerning permits and inspections; establishment of fees or charges.
- § 36-13-7. Areas to which codes, rules, and regulations may be made applicable.
- § 36-13-8. Notice and hearing prior to enactment of codes, rules, or regulations.
- § 36-13-9. Appropriation and expenditure of funds.
- § 36-13-10. Remedies for actual or proposed violations of codes, rules, or regulations.
- § 36-13-11. Compliance as prerequisite to issuance of permit; failure to secure required permit.
- § 36-13-12. Criminal penalty for violations of codes, rules, or regulations.
- § 36-14-1. Erection of bridges across navigable streams.
- § 36-14-2. Building and maintaining bridges over rivers bordering adjacent states.
- § 36-14-3. Contracts with federal government for bridges across streams bordering land ceded to United States.
- § 36-15-1. Board of trustees created in each county; composition; chairperson; quorum.
- § 36-15-2. Secretary-treasurer of board; designation and compensation of librarian.
- § 36-15-3. Bond of secretary-treasurer.
- § 36-15-4. Powers and duties of board of trustees generally.
- § 36-15-5. Control, deposit, and investment of funds.
- § 36-15-6. Receipt and investment of money and property.
- § 36-15-7. Use of funds.
- § 36-15-8. Furnishing of space and utilities by county governing authority.
- § 36-15-9. Collection of additional costs in court cases; amount; determination of need as prerequisite to collection; collection in certain criminal cases.
- § 36-15-10. Prior actions, decisions, contracts, and purchases of boards prior to March 19, 1971, ratified.
- § 36-15-11. Receipt and disbursement of funds by counties having population of 950,000 or more.
- § 36-15-12. Applicability to city court of city having population of 300,000 or more.
- § 36-15-13. Annual audit required.
- § 36-16-1. Furnishing of historical container.
- § 36-16-2. Receipt of historical data for preservation in container.
- § 36-16-3. Determination of admissibility of documents submitted for filing; deposit of documents relating to soldiers and widows.
- § 36-16-4. Maintenance of record and index; fee for filing of documents.
- § 36-16-5. Applicability of chapter.
- § 36-17-1. Legislative purpose and intent.
- § 36-17-2. Computation of individual county grants.
- § 36-17-3. Disbursement and expenditure of funds.
- § 36-17-20. Authorization of grants.
- § 36-17-21. Allocation of funds; grant of tax credit to homesteads as prerequisite to receipt of funds; use of surplus funds.
- § 36-17-22. Allocation of funds; grant of credit on certain tangible property taxes as prerequisite to receipt of funds.
- § 36-17-23. Limits on granting of credits; claim and certification of credits by taxpayer; recovery of credits erroneously or illegally granted; payment of tax liability prerequisite to credit.
- § 36-17-24. Credits and surplus to be shown on tax bills; disbursal of funds on certification of state revenue commissioner.
- § 36-17-25. Administration of article by state revenue commissioner; promulgation of rules and regulations.
- § 36-18-1. "Cable television system" defined.
- § 36-18-2. Powers of governing authorities.
- § 36-18-3. Restriction on authority of counties and municipalities to regulate.
- § 36-18-4. Intent and construction of chapter.
- § 36-18-5. Applicability of chapter.
- § 36-20-1. Short title.
- § 36-20-2. Legislative findings and intent.
- § 36-20-3. Definitions.
- § 36-20-4. Training of elected members of county governing authority.
- § 36-20-5. Georgia County Leadership Academy.
- § 36-20-6. Board supervision of Georgia County Leadership Academy.
- § 36-20-7. Membership of board.
- § 36-20-8. Acceptance by board of federal, state, or local appropriations, grants, or contributions; authority to enter into contracts, leases, or agreements.
- § 36-20-9. Report on accomplishments of academy.
- § 36-21-1. Legislative intent.
- § 36-21-2. Definitions.
- § 36-21-3. Corporation governed by a board of directors; powers, duties, and operations; bond; administrative expenses.
- § 36-21-4. Annual audits.
- § 36-21-5. Establishment of benefit plans.
- § 36-21-6. Investment of funds.
- § 36-21-7. Funds not subject to process, levy, or attachment; nonassignability.
- § 36-21-8. Chapter exempt from regulation under Title 33.
- § 36-21-9. Tax-exempt status.
- § 36-21-10. State debt not created.
- § 36-30-1. Meaning of terms "city," "town," "municipality," or "village."
- § 36-30-2. Management and disposition of property.
- § 36-30-3. Ordinances of a council not to bind succeeding councils; exceptions.
- § 36-30-4. Eligibility of members of municipal councils or boards of aldermen for other municipal offices.
- § 36-30-5. Inclusion of residency in annexed territory in computing period of residence necessary to qualify for office.
- § 36-30-6. Voting upon questions by interested councilmembers.
- § 36-30-7. Authorization and procedure for surrender of corporate charter.
- § 36-30-7. 1. Inactive municipalities.
- § 36-30-8. Confinement of violators of ordinances.
- § 36-30-9. Compensation of law enforcement officers.
- § 36-30-10. Grant of right to obstruct public street prohibited.
- § 36-30-11. Enclosure of lanes or alleys.
- § 36-30-12. Closing streets adjacent to or through institutions of higher learning in municipal corporations having a population of 350,000 or more.
- § 36-30-13. Special election to fill vacancies when all seats are vacant.
- § 36-31-1. Legislative intent.
- § 36-31-2. Two-year inapplicability of provisions regarding inactive municipalities.
- § 36-31-3. Minimum population standards for proposed municipal corporation.
- § 36-31-4. Use and subdivision of areas proposed to be incorporated.
- § 36-31-5. Certificate of existence of minimum standards; manner of determination; disposition and evidentiary effect of certificate.
- § 36-31-6. Responsibility of the Attorney General for preclearances.
- § 36-31-7. Power to license and regulate alcoholic beverages.
- § 36-31-7. 1. Ownership and control of county road rights of way.
- § 36-31-8. Transition periods for governmental functions; appointment by the Governor of interim representatives.
- § 36-31-9. Initial terms of office.
- § 36-31-10. Appropriation of funds for grants or loans.
- § 36-31-11. Removal of new municipal corporations from county special districts for provision of local government services.
- § 36-31-11. 1. Municipality control over parks and fire stations; obligation of county.
- § 36-31-12. Legislative findings; special districts divided into noncontiguous areas; information required in audits; informational summary.
- § 36-32-1. Establishment of municipal court; punishments; selection, election, or appointment of mayor pro tempore or recorder pro tempore.
- § 36-32-1. 1. Municipal court judges; qualifications to serve.
- § 36-32-2. Appointment of judges.
- § 36-32-2. 1. Removal of judges.
- § 36-32-3. Powers of judges.
- § 36-32-4. Authority of municipal corporations to provide for forfeiture of appearance bonds.
- § 36-32-5. Sentences and fines which may be imposed.
- § 36-32-6. Jurisdiction in marijuana possession cases; retention of fines and bond forfeitures; transfer of cases.
- § 36-32-6. 1. Jurisdiction in cases involving transactions in drug objects; disposition of fines; transfer of cases.
- § 36-32-7. Jurisdiction in cases of operating motor vehicle without effective insurance; retention of fines and bond forfeitures; transfer of cases.
- § 36-32-8. Jurisdiction in cases of operating motor vehicle without certificate of emission inspection; retention of fines and bond forfeitures; transfer of cases.
- § 36-32-9. Misdemeanor theft by shoplifting or misdemeanor refund fraud; transfer of cases; penalties; retention of fines and bond forfeitures; reports.
- § 36-32-10. Jurisdiction in cases of furnishing alcoholic beverages to and purchase and possession of alcoholic beverages by underage persons; retention of fines and bond forfeitures; transfer of cases; penalties.
- § 36-32-10. 1. Jurisdiction in counties without state court to try violations of Code Section 16-7-21; retention of fines and bond forfeitures; transfer of cases; penalties.
- § 36-32-10. 2. Trial upon citation, summons, or accusation.
- § 36-32-10. 3. Jurisdiction over littering offenses.
- § 36-32-11. Required training for judges.
- § 36-32-12. Municipal court held outside municipality.
- § 36-32-13. Municipal court clerks; role of Municipal Courts Training Council.
- § 36-32-20. Short title.
- § 36-32-21. Definitions.
- § 36-32-22. Establishment of Georgia Municipal Courts Training Council; membership.
- § 36-32-23. Oath of office.
- § 36-32-24. Election of chairman and vice-chairman; secretary; quorum; minutes; annual report.
- § 36-32-25. Remuneration.
- § 36-32-26. Functions, powers, and responsibilities.
- § 36-32-27. Mandatory training of municipal judges.
- § 36-32-40. Creation of council; membership and organization; purpose; expenses; contracts; assistance to council; members not ineligible to hold office of judge.
- § 36-32-41. Savings plans and deferred compensation plans for council members.
- § 36-33-1. Immunity from liability for damages; waiver of immunity by purchase of liability insurance; liability for acts or omissions generally.
- § 36-33-2. Liability for failure to perform discretionary act.
- § 36-33-3. Liability for torts of police or other officers.
- § 36-33-4. Personal liability of councilmembers and other municipal officers.
- § 36-33-5. Written demand prerequisite to action for injury to person or property; time for presenting claim and for consideration by governing authority; suspension of limitations; statement of specific amount of monetary damages sought; service of claim on city officials.
- § 36-33-6. Exemption of municipal property from levy and sale.
- § 36-34-1. Legislative intent.
- § 36-34-2. Powers relating to administration of government generally.
- § 36-34-4. Establishment of facilities and services for treatment of patients.
- § 36-34-5. Acquisition and construction of water and sewage systems.
- § 36-34-5. 1. Lease agreements for providing library services.
- § 36-34-5. 2. Leases and contracts for operation and maintenance of botanical gardens in municipal corporations having population of more than 300,000.
- § 36-34-5. 3. Leases and contracts for operation and maintenance of public zoos in municipal corporations having population of more than 300,000.
- § 36-34-6. Financing of facilities and services.
- § 36-34-7. Powers supplemental.
- § 36-34-8. Provisions of chapter general law; enactment of local or special laws on subject matters covered by chapter; effect of chapter upon amendment of municipal charters.
- § 36-35-1. Short title.
- § 36-35-2. Incorporation, dissolution, merger, and boundary changes by local Act or under general law; annexation of deannexed property.
- § 36-35-3. Adoption of ordinances, rules, and regulations; amendment of charters and amendment or repeal of ordinances, rules, and regulations by petition and referendum.
- § 36-35-4. Compensation and benefits for employees and members of governing authority; conditions and requirements governing increases for elective members of governing authority.
- § 36-35-4. 1. Reapportionment of election districts for municipal elections.
- § 36-35-5. Filing of charter amendments or revisions, notices, and affidavits; publication and distribution of amendments and revisions by Secretary of State.
- § 36-35-6. Limitations on home rule powers.
- § 36-35-6. 1. Signs for privately owned businesses.
- § 36-35-7. Provisions of chapter general law; enactment of local or special laws on subject matters covered by chapter; effect of chapter upon amendment of municipal charters.
- § 36-35-8. Effect of conflict with Chapter 34.
- § 36-36-1. Applicability of article.
- § 36-36-2. Effective date of annexation.
- § 36-36-3. Report identifying annexed property; maps and surveys; technical assistance to municipalities; preclearance.
- § 36-36-4. Creation of unincorporated islands prohibited; authorization to provide services or functions.